โ Scribed by Christopher Moore
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Christopher Moore's demonically seductive storylines and zany, addictive brand of humor have earned him comparisons to Carl Hiaasen, Christopher Buckley, Douglas Adams, and other comic virtuosos. He's given us lovelorn vampires, marooned love goddesses, and addled sea beasts. Now discover his ingenious debut novel, in which we meet one of the most memorably mismatched pairs in the annals of literature. the good-looking one is one-hundred-year-old ex-seminarian and "road" scholar Travis O'Hearn. The green one is Catch, a demon with a nasty habit of eating most of the people he meets. Behind the fake Tudor facade of Pine cove, California, Catch sees a four-star buffet. Travis, on the other hand, thinks he sees a way of ridding himself of his toothy traveling companion. The winos, Neo-pagans, and deadbeat Lotharios of Pine Cove, meanwhile, have other ideas. And none of them is quite prepared when all hell breaks loose...
"The careers of the writers with even a quarter as much wit and joie de vivre as Moore are always worth following."( USA Today)
"Christopher Moore deserves acclaim on the Dave Barry/Christopher Buckley level, or even beyond that, for he's better than either of them."( FT. Worth Star-Telegram)
"Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word."(Carl Hiaasen)
Though he appears to be 20 years old, Travis O'Hearn is really 90--and he has been trying to get rid of Catch, his demon companion, for the last 70 years. He would enjoy the eternal youth granted him by the demon, except Catch has a nasty habit of eating humans for dinner. Martin's.
Library : General
Universes : Pine Cove [01]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780380816552
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